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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DEQEN-POWER SUPPLY (CN)

(230114) -- DEQEN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken in Yubeng Village of Deqen County, southwest China's Yunnan Province shows sunlight shining on the Meili Snow Mountain on Jan. 9, 2023. Wangden, 34, is the associate director of the Yunnan branch of China Southern Power Grid's Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County. In 2015, he was assigned to take charge of maintenance tasks in Yubeng, a local village lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains. As Yubeng's longest-serving power supply worker, the man has witnessed tremendous changes in the village. In the past, Yubeng was virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. According to Wangden, power service personnel had to walk 18 kilometers over a mountain pass at an elevation of 3,700 meters to complete a single mission that would take 10 hours due to poor traffic. In 2018, a road was built, reducing the time it takes to enter Yubeng to 40 minutes, saving a significant amount of time spent on

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DEQEN-POWER SUPPLY (CN)

(230114) -- DEQEN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wangden inspects power transmission lines in Yubeng Village of Deqen County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 9, 2023. Wangden, 34, is the associate director of the Yunnan branch of China Southern Power Grid's Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County. In 2015, he was assigned to take charge of maintenance tasks in Yubeng, a local village lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains. As Yubeng's longest-serving power supply worker, the man has witnessed tremendous changes in the village. In the past, Yubeng was virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. According to Wangden, power service personnel had to walk 18 kilometers over a mountain pass at an elevation of 3,700 meters to complete a single mission that would take 10 hours due to poor traffic. In 2018, a road was built, reducing the time it takes to enter Yubeng to 40 minutes, saving a significant amount of time spent on the way. The harsh natural env

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DEQEN-POWER SUPPLY (CN)

(230114) -- DEQEN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023 shows Wangden inspecting power transmission lines in Yubeng Village of Deqen County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Wangden, 34, is the associate director of the Yunnan branch of China Southern Power Grid's Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County. In 2015, he was assigned to take charge of maintenance tasks in Yubeng, a local village lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains. As Yubeng's longest-serving power supply worker, the man has witnessed tremendous changes in the village. In the past, Yubeng was virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. According to Wangden, power service personnel had to walk 18 kilometers over a mountain pass at an elevation of 3,700 meters to complete a single mission that would take 10 hours due to poor traffic. In 2018, a road was built, reducing the time it takes to enter Yubeng to 40 minutes, saving a significant amount of time spent on

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DEQEN-POWER SUPPLY (CN)

(230114) -- DEQEN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wangden (L) and his colleague Zhang Jincheng inspect power transmission lines on a mountain in Deqen County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 9, 2023. Wangden, 34, is the associate director of the Yunnan branch of China Southern Power Grid's Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County. In 2015, he was assigned to take charge of maintenance tasks in Yubeng, a local village lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains. As Yubeng's longest-serving power supply worker, the man has witnessed tremendous changes in the village. In the past, Yubeng was virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. According to Wangden, power service personnel had to walk 18 kilometers over a mountain pass at an elevation of 3,700 meters to complete a single mission that would take 10 hours due to poor traffic. In 2018, a road was built, reducing the time it takes to enter Yubeng to 40 minutes, saving a significant amount of time spent on t

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DEQEN-POWER SUPPLY (CN)

(230114) -- DEQEN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wangden (R) inspects power lines for a hotel with his colleague Zhang Jincheng in Yubeng Village of Deqen County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 9, 2023. Wangden, 34, is the associate director of the Yunnan branch of China Southern Power Grid's Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County. In 2015, he was assigned to take charge of maintenance tasks in Yubeng, a local village lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains. As Yubeng's longest-serving power supply worker, the man has witnessed tremendous changes in the village. In the past, Yubeng was virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. According to Wangden, power service personnel had to walk 18 kilometers over a mountain pass at an elevation of 3,700 meters to complete a single mission that would take 10 hours due to poor traffic. In 2018, a road was built, reducing the time it takes to enter Yubeng to 40 minutes, saving a significant amount of time spent

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CHINA-YUNNAN-DEQEN-POWER SUPPLY (CN)

(230114) -- DEQEN, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023 shows Wangden driving to Yubeng Village to inspect power transmission lines in Deqen County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Wangden, 34, is the associate director of the Yunnan branch of China Southern Power Grid's Yanmen power supply station in Deqen County. In 2015, he was assigned to take charge of maintenance tasks in Yubeng, a local village lying at the foot of snow-capped mountains. As Yubeng's longest-serving power supply worker, the man has witnessed tremendous changes in the village. In the past, Yubeng was virtually cut off from the outside world, with no electricity or communication signal. According to Wangden, power service personnel had to walk 18 kilometers over a mountain pass at an elevation of 3,700 meters to complete a single mission that would take 10 hours due to poor traffic. In 2018, a road was built, reducing the time it takes to enter Yubeng to 40 minutes, saving a significant amount of time

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Yokozuna Hakuho to advertise new 'shochu' liquor

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho attends a press conference held by Kirishima Shuzo Co. in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2014, to announce the release of a new "shochu" liquor product set for Jan. 21, 2015. The top sumo wrestler is set to appear in the advertisement of the new product for the distilled beverage maker.

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Japan rejects new S. Korean policy on "comfort women" deal

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 10 Kyodo - A Person (L) walks by a statue symbolizing so-called "comfort women" in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 9, 2018. Tokyo and Seoul have been at odds over a 2015 settlement of the issue related to women who were forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels.

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Japan beat Iraq 1-0 in Group D match of Asian Cup

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (9) heads the ball during the first half of an AFC Asian Cup Group D match against Iraq at Brisbane Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2015. Japan won 1-0.

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Ono wins Akutagawa literary award, Nishi wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Nishi (L) and Masatsugu Ono smile while posing for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular fiction and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, respectively. Nishi was awarded the prize for her work "Saraba!" (Farewell!) while Ono won the prize for his work "9 Nen Mae no Inori" (A Prayer Nine Years Ago).

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Ono wins Akutagawa literary award, Nishi wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Nishi (L) and Masatsugu Ono pose for photos at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular fiction and the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors, respectively. Nishi was awarded the prize for her work "Saraba!" (Farewell!) while Ono won the prize for his work "9 Nen Mae no Inori" (A Prayer Nine Years Ago).

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H.K. artist makes copper ribbons as pro-democracy symbol

HONG KONG, China - A young artist in Hong Kong shapes copper plates into "inseverable ribbons" as a symbol of pro-democracy protests in the Special Administrative Region of China on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Japan, Iran exchange signed documents on transfer of prisoners

TEHRAN, Iran - Japanese Ambassador to Iran Koji Haneda (L) and Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi exchange signed documents on the transfer of sentenced persons between the two countries at the Iranian Justice Ministry in Tehran on Jan. 11, 2015. The documents were signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Jan. 9 and by Pourmohammadi in Tehran on Jan. 10.

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Murakami joins in children's education campaign

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese artist Takashi Murakami (L) and UNICEF's executive director, Anthony Lake, pose for commemorative photos on Jan. 9, 2015, in New York, as Murakami joined the head of UNICEF, the president of FC Barcelona and the director of the Reach Out To Asia nonprofit organization in New York to launch a joint campaign to improve the lives of marginalized children in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal.

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French police kill 3 suspects to end terror spree

PARIS, France - People mourn the 12 people killed in a terrorist attack on the offices of satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, at Place de la Republique in Paris on Jan. 9, 2015. French security forces shot dead three suspects the same day in a violent end to the three-day terror spree that saw also saw four hostages slain at a supermarket in the capital.

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French police kill 3 suspects to end terror spree

PARIS, France - Photo shows the Arc de Triomphe with the message "Paris is Charlie" on Jan. 9, 2015, in a show of solidarity with satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo following a terrorist attack that left 12 people dead at the newspaper's offices in the French capital. French security forces shot dead three suspects the same day in a violent end to the three-day terror spree that saw also saw four hostages slain at a supermarket in Paris.

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World karate chief visits Budokan arena in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Antonio Espinos (C, front row), president of the World Karate Federation, poses with Japanese karate officials at the Nippon Budokan (Japan Martial Arts Hall) in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2015. Espinos is spearheading the WKF's efforts for the adoption of karate as an Olympic event.

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French shooters hold hostage

DAMMARTIN EN GOELE, France - Police officers stay on alert near the area where the suspects of a deadly shooting incident at a French satirical newspaper hold a hostage in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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French shooters hold hostage

DAMMARTIN EN GOELE, France - Police officers stay on alert near the area where the suspects of a deadly shooting incident at a French satirical newspaper hold a hostage in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Osaka's Midosuji Boulevard lighting wins Guinness record

OSAKA, Japan - Pedestrians walk beneath glittering illumination along Midosuji Boulevard, a main street in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2015, the day it was recognized by the Guinness World Records as a street with the most number of illuminated trees. A total of 606 trees along the 3-kilometer road met Guinness criteria to qualify.

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Osaka's Midosuji Boulevard lighting bags Guinness record

OSAKA, Japan - Illumination along Midosuji Boulevard, a main street in Osaka, western Japan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as a street with the largest number of illuminated trees on Jan. 9, 2015. A total of 606 trees along the 3-kilometer road met Guinness criteria to qualify.

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Australia open Asian Cup with Kuwait thrashing

MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian players celebrate after defeating Kuwait 4-1 in the Asian Cup opening match on Jan. 9, 2015, in Melbourne.

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World karate chief visits Tokyo's Budokan arena

TOKYO, Japan - Antonio Espinos (C), president of the World Karate Federation, visits the Nippon Budokan (Japan Martial Arts Hall) in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2015. Espinos is spearheading the WKF's efforts for the adoption of karate as an Olympic event.

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Aussie MF Luongo scores vs. Kuwait in Asian Cup game

MELBOURNE, Australia - Midfielder Massimo Luongo (R) of Australia is celebrated by teammate Tim Cahill after scoring a come-from-behind goal en route to his team's 4-1 victory over Kuwait in the opening game of the Asian Cup 2015 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Australia open Asian Cup with Kuwait thrashing

MELBOURNE, Australia - Australia's Massimo Luongo (21) scores his team's second goal on a header in the first half of the Asian Cup opening match against Kuwait on Jan. 9, 2015, in Melbourne. Australia defeated Kuwait 4-1.

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Visitor signs condolence note at French embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A visitor enters her name on a condolence note at the French Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 9, 2015, to mourn the victims of the recent terror attacks in Paris.

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PM Abe offers sympathies to France over terror shootings

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits the French Embassy in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2015, to offer his sympathies over the deadly terror shooting at the offices of a French satirical newspaper. French Ambassador to Japan Thierry Dana (L) appeared with Abe. (Pool photo)

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Annual 'Ebisu' festival for business success begins

OSAKA, Japan - "Fuku musume," or good luck girls, clad in kimono and donning golden headwear resembling those of ancient Japanese court nobles hand out lucky charms of bamboo branches to visitors at Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2015. The "Yoi Ebisu" (Eve of Ebisu) event preludes the main "Toka Ebisu" festival held annually through Jan. 11 during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business success.

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Annual 'Ebisu' festival for business success begins

OSAKA, Japan - Imamiya Ebisu Shrine in Osaka, western Japan, is packed with visitors for the "Yoi Ebisu" (Eve of Ebisu) event on Jan. 9, 2015, ahead of the main "Toka Ebisu" festival held annually through Jan. 11 during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business success.

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Aussie MF Cahill fires equalizer in Asian Cup opener

MELBOURNE, Australia - Midfielder Tim Cahill (R) of Australia fires a game-tying goal en route to his team's 4-1 victory over Kuwait in the opening game of the Asian Cup 2015 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Australia open Asian Cup with Kuwait thrashing

MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian supporters express joy as Tim Cahill (front) scores an equalizer in the first half of the Asian Cup opening match against Kuwait on Jan. 9, 2015, in Melbourne. Australia defeated Kuwait 4-1.

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Kyocera to launch fuel cells in FY 2016

OSAKA, Japan - Kyocera Corp. President Goro Yamaguchi takes part in an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Jan. 9, 2015. He said the electronic device maker plans to launch fuel cells in Japan for housing complexes and factories in fiscal 2016 ending in March 2017, with overseas sales also eyed.

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China FM speaks after forum with Latin American, Caribbean states

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets the press after the first ministerial forum between China and the Community of Latina American and Caribbean States in Beijing on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Japan soccer chief returns Asian Cup before 2015 tourney

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japan Football Association head Kuniya Daini (R) shakes hands with Asian Football Confederation chief Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa after returning the trophy at an opening ceremony for the Asian Cup 2015 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Asian Cup starts in Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia - Photo taken Jan. 9, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia, shows the opening ceremony prior to the start of the Asian Cup.

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Cabinet OKs 3.12 tril. yen extra budget for stimulus steps

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and his ministers attend an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Jan. 9, 2015, in Tokyo to endorse a 3.12 trillion yen supplementary budget for fiscal 2014 to fund an economic stimulus package aimed at bolstering domestic demand curtailed by the April 1 consumption tax hike and weaker yen.

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Toyota concept model Style LB minivan

CHIBA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. displays its Style LB concept high-end minivan at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Toyota's prototype sports car displayed

CHIBA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. displays its prototype GRMN 86 with enhanced performance at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2015.

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Ex-reporter seeks damages over magazine's "comfort women" articles

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Uemura, a former Asahi Shimbun newspaper reporter, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2015, after filing a damages suit with the Tokyo District Court against a magazine publisher and a university professor, claiming that an article about his decades-old report on a former Korean "comfort woman" triggered threats and other serious violations of his rights.

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Ex-reporter seeks damages over magazine's "comfort women" articles

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Uemura (C), a former Asahi Shimbun newspaper reporter, heads for the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 9, 2015, to file a damages suit against a magazine publisher and a university professor, claiming that an article about his decades-old report on a former Korean "comfort woman" triggered threats and other serious violations of his rights.

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Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - Lawyer Izumi Suzuki speaks during a press conference on Jan. 9, 2015, in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, after the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Masaru Okunishi, 88, who has been on death row since 1972 over the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. Suzuki, Okunishi's chief counsel, said the defense will file a special appeal with the Supreme Court.

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Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - A group of lawyers attend a press conference on Jan. 9, 2015, in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, after the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Masaru Okunishi, 88, who has been on death row since 1972 over the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.

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Coming-of-age ceremony for bus tour guides

TOKYO, Japan - Tour guides of Hato Bus Co. pose in long-sleeved kimono for a commemorative shot marking their coming of age in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2015. The bus operator held a ceremony for the guides before the coming-of-age national holiday on the second Monday of January -- which fell on Jan. 12 this year -- when they have to work.

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New Year lecture at palace

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kiko (far L), her younger daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) and other imperial family members attend a lecture given by a top researcher on Jan. 9, 2015, during the annual "kosho hajime no gi" (ceremony of the first lecture) event, part of the New Year ceremonies at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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New Year lecture at palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (far L), Empress Michiko (next to emperor) and other imperial family members attend a lecture given by a top researcher on Jan. 9, 2015, during the annual "kosho hajime no gi" (ceremony of the first lecture) event, part of the New Year ceremonies at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Japan adopts new space policy focusing on security

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R), next to Shunichi Yamaguchi (3rd from R), minister of state for space policy, addresses a meeting at Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy at his office in Tokyo on Jan 9. 2015. The government approved a new space development policy focusing on security, with an aim to boost the total value of the country's space industry to 5 trillion yen over the next decade.

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Aguirre, players leave for Australia

NARITA, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team coach Javier Aguirre is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 2, 2015, before the team's departure for Australia for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup.

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Aguirre, players leave for Australia

NARITA, Japan - (From R) Japan men's national soccer team players Keisuke Honda, Yoshinori Muto and Eiji Kawashima are seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 2, 2015, before the team's departure for Australia for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup.

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'Station master' Tama lights up Xmas illumination

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, attends the station's illumination ceremony on Dec. 7, 2014. The light-up attraction runs through Jan. 9, 2015.